Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enactment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Enactment \En*act"ment\, n.
1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of
legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill
whereby it is established as a law.
2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a
decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a
prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
enactment
n 1: the passing of a law by a legislative body [syn: {passage}]
2: a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a
committee or society or legislative body [syn: {act}]
3: acting the part of a character on stage [syn: {portrayal}]
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